Case Study: Orange County Utility achieves effortless, data-driven sole-source verification with GovSpend

Smart Online Database Provides Government Buyers with Effortless Sole Source Verification

Orange County Utility faced a common procurement challenge: validating a sole source no-bid contract claim for services offered to local schools. Michael Davis, a buyer in Orange County Utility’s purchasing department, used GovSpend’s online database of government purchase orders to check whether the vendor Tinker LLC truly was the only provider of the water-conservation services in question.

GovSpend’s platform, which compiles procurement data from over 24,000 agencies, allowed Orange County Utility to quickly verify sole source claims and identify at least one other competing company, reducing procurement risk and saving the manual effort normally required. The fast, data-driven validation not only streamlined Orange County Utility’s purchasing decision but also gave Tinker valuable market insight—demonstrating GovSpend’s measurable impact on transparency, speed, and competitive intelligence.

Orange County Utility

Michael Davis

Buyer